[Verse 1]
Billy skipped school again
Lookin' like a fool again
What a little waste
For a taste of a big boys life
I'm scared for the children
Computer screens and magazines
Manufactured hopes and dreams
Playing in a concrete box
'Cause mother's got her shows to watch
I'm scared for the children
[Chorus]
This is the end of the age of the innocent
One more game before they go
This is the end of the age of the innocent
What do we leave them with? Suppose we'll never know
[Verse 2]
Processed greens and man-made meat
Running out of things to eat
Little boys having way too much fun
Playing with a big boys gun
I'm scared for the children
And on the day the last bird dies
There won't be a drop from their big square eyes
An old man with his eyes like glass
Kisses the last blade of grass
Yeah, I'm scared for the children
[Chorus]
'Cause this is the end of the age of the innocent
One more game before they go
This is the end of the age of the innocent
What will we leave them with? Suppose we'll never know
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
This is the end of the age of the innocent
One more game before they go
This is the end of the age of the innocent
What do we leave them with? Suppose we'll never know
[Outro]
No respect for anyone
Why would they after what we done?
What an example we have set
What a planet we have left
Let's be there for these children
Scared for the Children was written by Jeff Beck & Carmen Vandenberg & Rosie Bones.
Scared for the Children was produced by Filippo Cimatti & Jeff Beck.
Jeff Beck released Scared for the Children on Fri Jul 15 2016.
Interviewer: One song, “Scared for the Children,” has strong echoes of Jimi Hendrix.
Jeff Beck:
It inadvertently came out. It’s [Hendrix’s] ‘Angel’ – four notes [hums the lick]. There’s no escape. I’ve never loved Hendrix more than I do now. … Ever since I learned the chords to ‘Little Wing,’ nobo...